Tag: AV-054
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Photos: X-37B gallery archive
This is a collection of images taken during the three previous flights of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mini space shuttle. Photo credit: Air Force, Boeing and United Launch Alliance
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Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle
The fourth flight of the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is scheduled for launch atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral. Let’s take a look back at the three previous missions in these video clips: OTV 1 Launch on April 22, 2010: Landing on Dec. 3 2010: OTV 2 Launch on…
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Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force’s miniature space shuttle and its ride to orbit have been joined together inside an assembly building at Cape Canaveral in preparation for launch May 20. The X-37B spaceplane will be boosted into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, flying in its 501 varient with a big…
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NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
CAPE CANAVERAL — In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will be flying aboard the X-37B miniature spaceplane later this month. Liftoff is targeted for May 20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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New details emerge about electric propulsion experiment aboard X-37B
Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — All systems are now “go” for launch of the Air Force’s X-37B mystery spaceplane on May 20 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. Officials had delayed the X-37B launch by two weeks — from May 6 to no earlier than May 20 — due to an undisclosed…
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Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching
File photo. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle. “We are excited about our fourth X-37B mission,” said Randy Walden, the director of the Air…
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Stats: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 histories and backlogs (updated April 20)
Atlas 5 manifest Atlas 5 flight history Delta 2 and 4 manifest Delta 4 flight history
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Atlas 5 slips at payload’s request
The last X-37B launch in 2012. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The next Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral will be delayed two weeks to resolve an undisclosed issue with the payload, United Launch Alliance officials announced Friday. Liftoff is retargeted for no earlier than May 20 from Complex 41. The launch has been…
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Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the distance, the Air Force’s X-37 mini spaceplane will be launched from Cape Canaveral on May 6 for its fourth journey into orbit. The Orbital Test Vehicle will be the primary payload aboard the next United Launch Alliance…